The Tea Detective
Uncovering and Exploring the Facts About Tea
Uncovering and Exploring the Facts About Tea
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| Tea's Role in Losing Weight |
| Research into the health benefits of tea is turning up some pretty incredible re- sults. It turns out that the tiny tea leaf contains a whole host of healthy ingred- ients and more are turning up every day. One of the interesting benefits of tea drinking, is its ability to act as an aid in losing weight. |
| At only four calories (without milk or sweeteners), tea is already a healthy, low calorie choice. Although the effects of tea go well beyond its calorie content, but rather how it interacts with the foods we eat, and how our body breaks them down and chemically digests them. There are three main ingredients in tea that aid in weight loss; caffeine, which stimulates metabolism, L-theanine, which acts as an appetite suppressant and helps to neutralize any harmful effects of caffeine. And lastly there's EGCG which helps to burn fat. We'll look at each one to see how they work to take off unwanted pounds. |
| First we'll look at caffeine. There are many different ways that caffeine works with tea, but in regard to weight loss it works by increasing the body's basal metabolic rate or BMR. The basal metabolic rate is a measure of your body's use of energy to maintain basic functions, such as heart rate, breathing, and maintaining the correct body temperature, just to name a few. An increase in the body's BMR is called a "thermogenic effect." The caffeine in tea causes a thermogenic effect by aiding the body in burning more calories, which in turn boosts weight loss. Next there's L-theanine which works in a tot- ally different way to help lose weight. L- theanine acts as an appetite suppressant and helps neutralize any harmful effects of caff- eine (although the caffeine in tea is processed far differently than that found in other food products). Last but not least, is EGCG. This powerful polyphenol is associated with a group called catechins. EGCG is one of a group of four powerhouse polyphenols found in tea that affects the action of amalyse - an enzyme found in saliva that helps in digesting carbohydrates. It also works further down in the digestive tract. The EGCG in tea works to slow the absorption of carbohydrates, preventing sharp peaks in blood insulin levels (also good for diabetics), which in turn help burn fat, rather than allowing it to collect. |
| Continuing Research on Tea & Weight Loss |
| Researchers are just beginning to understand the implications of tea on weight loss. In a blind study of 60 obese women on daily 1,800 calorie diets, half were given green tea supplements three times a day, at breakfast, lunch, and dinner, with the other half given placebos. After two weeks, the group taking the green tea supplements had lost twice as much weight as those taking placebos. And, even more impressive, after 30 days on the trial, the group taking green tea extracts lost three times as much weight as those women who were just on a dieting regimen. Even though today we understand the science behind how tea works with our body to help lose weight, during it's early discovery tea was considered to be a medicinal tonic, not considered to be a pleasurable beverage until much later. |
| Buyer Beware |
Of course, with the news of tea's ability to help lose weight, there are those who've jumped on
the bandwagon with products containing tea, declaring miracle results. So, as with anything
you ingest, be cautious, research carefully, and talk to your physician before starting any new
regimen.
the bandwagon with products containing tea, declaring miracle results. So, as with anything
you ingest, be cautious, research carefully, and talk to your physician before starting any new
regimen.
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| In India many of their methods of astrological divinations are also based on numerological techniques. Some use only approximate positions of the planets, or sequences and cycles of time, with no relationship to planets at all, but rather numerological methods based on the symbolic value of numbers, not observations of the sky. Other schools of Numerology originated in ancient Taoist cosmologies that follow the theory of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements. These methods, developed into what's known as 9 Ki or Kyusei in Japan, and Yijing (I-Ching), are believed to be older than the origin of numbers. The term "Numerology" was first used in a book written by Dr. Julia Seton in 1937. Before that, this type of divination was referred to as the Science of Numbers or Arithmancy. Today Numerology is being used as a reliable way to look at your inner self and the various psychological, physical, and spiritual processes that make up your life as a whole. It's being used to identify and emphasize strengths, and overcome weaknesses. This new form of Numerology science has been adapted to eating spiritually, one of the oldest and wisest ways to eat. Called the Numerology Diet it uses a formula to find your Universal Number. Using that number, you then follow a simple fool-proof method to determine which foods you should eat daily to help balance your spirit's vibrations. By following the Numerology Diet you can boost your health, energy, and restore your ideal body weight by either losing (or gaining if you're underweight). This is done with no dieting, just by eating what are considered High Vibe foods that are assigned to you based on your unique Universal Number. The Numerology Diet is the first spiritually based eating system that fully connects you to your highest vibrational energy, while providing the ideal nourishment for your body. It's the fastest way to not just lose weight, but to change your body and improve your shape, your health, and your energy. The Numerology Diet is a proven system that produces both spiritual and physical changes in an easy to follow plan. For more information or to learn more, visit the Numerology Diet. Enjoy. |
| The Sun, the Stars, the Moon, and Numbers?? Align to Help Us Lose Weight |
| Another method of weight loss is one most of us have never heard of. And, while you're likely familiar with having your Astrological Chart done, or with Tarot Card readings, you may not have ever heard of Numerology, an ancient method of divination using numbers as symbols for different vibrational patterns, that make up the human life and experience. While we better understand how our emotions or physical being is changed during different phases of the sun, moon, and stars (how many times have you heard someone say "there must be a full moon tonight?" to explain odd occurrences in human behavior?), it's hard to imagine how those same changes can occur from num- bers or letters. Yet it's interesting to note that the modern and popular system of Chinese Astrology known as the Four Pillars is actually a numer- ological method based on the calendar, and not the movement of the solar system. |
